Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32742, Samuel Goodale, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass.
Goodale, Samuel
NUMBER
S. 32742
CONTENTS
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Massachusetts Roll.
1,112
Samuel Goodale, Capt Winship Private 4 Mass Line - 1775 - 1 Year
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 4 th of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30. of June 1818 and sent to Sam d Putnam, Esq. Salem, Mass. -
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818.
Service allowed
4 Months 31/30. $ 40.26
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Salem, Essex Co.
decision confirmed by Reg t of War, 19 Feb. 1821.
See letter to Hon. Gideon Bar- stow, N. R. 21 st . Feb. 1822.
Revolutionary claim of Samuel Goodale Massachusetts Feb. 1821

Sam l Goodale print
4 April - 1878
Not on Rolls
D r
Correct

I Samuel Goodale of Salem, in the the County of Essex, & Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on solemn oath declare That in the month of December 1775 - I enlisted in Capt Winship's Company, Col Nixons Regiment, for one year - That I served in said Company & Regiment one full year, in the Massachusetts line, on the Continental Establishment, in the War of the Revolution, against the Common Enemy and was discharged in January 1777 -
I further declare that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I need the assistance of my Country for support, and I hereby relinquish all claim to any Pension heretofore allowed by the laws of the United States - And I am sixty nine years of age.
Samuel X Goodale his mark.
Signed before me
S. Putnam J. S. G. Gauth of Mass ts } _____

I William Oliver of Salem, in the County of Essex, on oath declare that Samuel Goodale, belonged to Capt. Win- ship's Company, from January 1776 to January 1777 - and that I served with him in said Company, in the Massachu- setts Line - the most of the year 1776 until his time expired in January 1777 -
[ Additional Affidavit ]
William Oliver
I Thomas Barnes of Salem on oath testify that I commanded a Company in Col. Nixon's Regiment all the year 1776, and know that Samuel Goodale now of Salem served as a Soldier in Capt. Winship's Com- pany in the same Regiment from Jan'y 1776 to Jan'y 1777 - we served at Winter Hill - New York and the Jerseys -
Thomas Barnes
Subscribed: June. 12. 1818 The above named Maj. Thomas Barnes sub- scribed and made oath to the above affidavit before me
Benjamin Inst. Pac.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Essex ss. On this fourth day of April AD 1818, before me Samuel Putnam, one of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said Com- monwealth, personally appeared Samuel Goodale & William Oliver and severally subscribed & made solemn Oath, to the truth of the Annexed Declarations - And it appears to my satisfaction that the said Samuel Goodale served more than nine months, in the War of the Revolution, on the Continental establish- ment, against the Common Enemy; - and I hereby certify and transmit the testimony in the case to the Revd Secretary of the War depart- ment. -
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affix the seal of said Court, the day & year first above written. -
S. Putnam Just.
S. J. Court of Mass ts
June 15. 1818 - I further certify that said Maj. Thomas Barnes & Witnesses are credible and disinterested Witnesses - that I am satisfied said Goodale served one year at one period of continued service in the con- tinental establishment, and that he is in indigent circumstances.
S. Putnam Just
S. J. Court of Mass ts

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Essex ss. DATE OF WITNESS I, Ichabod Tucker, Clerk of all the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth aforesaid in & for the County aforesaid hereby certify, to all whom these presents may concern that the aforesaid Hon: Samuel Putnam is a Judge of the Supreme Judicial Court as aforesaid, that the seal hereto affixed is the seal of said Court, & the signature aforesaid is his proper hand
Attest Ichabod Tucker Clerk
Essex ss. June, 15. 1818 I further certify that Benjamin Merrill Esq. is a Justice of the Peace for said County qualified to administer Oaths, and that his signature is under the deposition of Thomas Perkins
Attest Ichabod Tucker Clerk

Sam l Goodale Salem
1,112
June 1818.
72 years old very infirm.
Wife 60 Do
Hannah 21 Do
Patty 20 Do
Served one year not a dollar
age - 72 fishrman - disabled -
$227.00
Sep 1818

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice. Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Goodale resident in Salem - - - - - in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1,112 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Samuel Goodale late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30th day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18 J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Handwritten schedule of assets: A small house out of repair & garden spot in Salem - on out-skirts - six poles of land ($220.00); Six old chairs & - a table .50 - handirons broken (4.25); Crockery - knives & forks, broken looking glass (75); Tin tea spoons - crockery, earthen, & tin ware (1.00); An old desk. Bible & few books (1.00); All these articles are of the meanest sort. Total: 227.00
He is seventy two years of age - a fisherman, but very infirm in mind and tottering in body, and decrepid with rheumatism: he must subsist on alms if he loses his pension.
His family are his wife aged 60, and daughters Hannah 21 & Patty 30.

He served in Winship's Company in Dixon's Regiment in Massachusetts line as a year's man all 1776.
Sam l  his L Goodale mark
Sworn to and declared, before W m Wetmore Judge within named.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. W m Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
1. Samuel Goodale do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Sam l Goodale his mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Sam l Goodale took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
W m Wetmore ————— Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two Hundred and twenty seven dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clk

INVALID.
File No. 22,742
Samuel Goodale
Rev. Rev. Mrs.
Act: 18 th March 1818 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 159
[Arrangement of 1870.]

624 Massachusetts. Samuel Goodale, Private Service — One year.
Age 73 — Wife's 60 — and those of his Daughters 30 and 21. —
Occupation — "A fisherman but very infirm in mind and tottering in body and deceased with pneumonia."
Property — "A small house out of repair & garden spot in Salem — on out-skirts — six poles of Land" and various articles of household & Kitchen furniture amounting in all to $227: — (His name was stricken from the roll under law 1 st May, 1820, on his sched: dated 17 th
July, 1820, on the 26 th July, 1820. —
On the 17 th Nov 1820, the Selectmen & Overseers of the poor of Salem, made a statement showing that the party had no income — was helpless, in conse- quence of imbecility of mind and infir- mity of body — was therefore unable to do any thing towards his support, — and that should his pension not
be restored to him, he would be reduced to the necessity of ask- ing alms from his fellow citi- zens for his support — his wife & 2 Daughters not being able to contribute towards it. — The first decision was confirmed 19 th February, 1821. —
The Hon: Gideon Bar- stow, Ho: Rep: now produces another statement from the se- lectmen &c, dated 17 th Jan'y 1822, showing that Goodale is confined to his bed by the Palsy — that his wife is also sick — that he is desti- tute of property except the House &c, and that he subsists by the charity of his neighbours & the Overseers of the poor. — To the signatures of these select- men &c, Mr. Barstow certi- fies. — February 13. 1822
For decision.

Ms 1112
Samuel Goodale
Sir
aq? 70 in helpless delage

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Samuel Goodale resident in Salem in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1112. now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Samuel Goodale late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the fourth day of April one thousand eight hundred and 18
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 30 day of June one thousand eight hundred and 18 J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
Handwritten list of assets: a small house out of repair and Garden spot in Salem on outskirts six poles of lands $220.00, 6 old chairs 2.00 a table .50 Andirons broken 4.25, brockery knives and forks broken looking glass 0.75, Tin tea spoons, earthen crockery, and tin ware 1.00, An old desk, bible & few Books 1.00. Total $227.00
all these articles are of the meanest sort
He is seventy two years of age, a fisherman, but very infirm in mind and tottering in body and decrepit with rheumatism.
He

He must subsist on alms if he loses his pension.
His family are his wife aged 60. and Daughters Hannah 21. and Patty 30.
He served in Winslow's company in Nixons regiment in Massachusetts line as a years man. all 1776.
Sam l  his Goodale mark
Sworn to & declared before Wm Wetmore, judge within named

Salem, Mass ts , Nov r 17. th 1820 The undersigned, citizens of Salem, hereby certify that we are acquainted with Samuel Goodale, of said Salem, late a U. S. Pensioner, and know he has no property except a small tenement in which he dwells - he has no income, and is very aged - his faculties of mind and body have failed, so that he is reduced to a state of helplessness and is incompetent by reason of his infirmities to earn anything for his subsistence; and we have no doubt that if his Pension is discontinued, he will be compelled to ask the alms of his fellowcitizens for his support. His wife and two daughters are unable to assist him.
John Andrews John Howard Sam d Endicott James Silver Philip Putnam
Stephen Webb Davis Putnam W m E. Harker Abijah Chase
in my opinion I certify that the above are genuine signatures of respectable and credible Town officers of Salem.
Nath l Fisher

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Wm Wetmore a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Samuel Goodale do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
his Sam e X Goodale mark
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Samuel Goodale took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is two hundred & twenty seven dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk
A true copy of record
Wm. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk

Mr Edward J. G. G.

To the Honble the Secretary of War:
The undersigned inhabitants of Salem, in Massachusetts, respectfully certify that we are acquainted with the situation of Samuel Goodale , of this town, lately a Pensioner, under the Act of Congress of 18 th March 1818, whose Pension Certificate was N o 1112, and know that he now and for a long time has past has been totally helpless and is confined to his bed by the palsy. He is wholly destitute of property, except a small shell of a house, just sufficient to shelter him and his sick wife: he subsists by the charity of his neighbors and the overseers of the Poor.
Jany 17. 1822.
James Silver Sam d Endicott Perley Putnam John Howard J. Moriarty David Putnam W m E. Hacker Elijah Chase Joseph Howard Abel Lawrence J. M. Shepard Elect Men overseers of the Poor of Salem
I certify that the names hereto subscribed are the genuine signatures of respectable inhabitants and Town Officers of Salem.
Eleazer D. Dyer